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be of assistance in distinguishing the similar species of this genus 

 when it is practicable to examine them. I have met with two 

 other species of this genus in single collected specimens. August 

 Busck. 



CECOPHORID.^. 



Depressaria amyrisella Busck. The larvae were found on the 

 very young leaves of the "torch-wood" (Amyris floridana), 

 which, at the time of unfolding, are colored deep red. The larva 

 spins up one of the leaflets neatly, folding it together on the 

 upper side, united around the margin, with a rounded hole at the 

 petiole which is made circular with silk. The larva goes out to 

 feed on another leaf. 



Head round, full in front, bilobed, almost cordate, narrowing below but 

 the mouth broad; antennae moderate, clypeus rather high, but the sutures 

 obscure, not depressed ; shining black, mouth brownish ; setae pale ; width 

 .6 mm. Body cylindrical, the segments folded 3-annulate, colorless, yel 

 lowish, the food green. Cervical shield weakly cornified, pale orange; 

 thoracic feet rather large, pale. Tubercles minute, setae small, dark. On 

 thorax ia small, separate from ib, iia -)- iib, the former small, iv -(- v ; on 

 the abdomen iv and v closely approximate, in line, v small. No anal 

 plate; feet short, normal, with tubercle vii on the anterior outward base. 

 Abdominal tubercles with slight dusky areas about the hair dots. Later 

 the larva was all shaded with red except the anterior edge of joint 2 and 

 the anal feet. Pupa in a cocoon in the leaf, brown. 



BLASTOBASID^E . 



Blastobasis guilandince Busck. The larva bores in the young 

 growing stems of the Guilandina bonducella, forming a burrow 

 in the center of the wood, the frass collected in masses at a small 

 hole at the end of the burrow, usually at the base of a leaf. My 

 attention was first called to this larva by Mr. Kinzel. 



Head rounded, bilobed, vertex under joint 2, held out flat; rather flat 

 before, smooth, shining, light brown, a black line on the posterior angles 

 of cheeks back from the ocelli; sutures of clypeus and jaws dark brown; 

 paraclypeal pieces reaching vertex; width .8 mm. Body robust, slightly 

 flattened, incisures slight; feet short, normal ; cervical shield transparent, 

 faintly luteous, divided by a paler dorsal line. Segments faintly 3-annu 

 late dorsally; tubercles small colorless; i dorsad to ii, iv + v, vi present, 

 normal, vii of three setae in a wide triangle; on thorax ia and ib, iia and 

 iib, iv and v approximate; setas moderate, pale; spiracles round, black- 

 rimmed. Skin minutely granular shagreened. 



YPONOMEUTID.E. 



Plutella maculipennis Curt. Several examples at light and 

 some were raised by Mr. Busck from larvae sent him, presumably 



